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How to write to NTFS Seagate Slim 2TB external drive on Mac?

I recently bought a Seagate Slim 2TB external drive to store photos from my Macs and Windows PCs. I formatted the drive as NTFS so it could be used for both OSs using Seagate's software. It works perfectly on my MBP, but not on my Mac mini. When I try writing to it from my Mac mini, I get a permissions error saying I have only "read" permission. Googling the issue tells me I need to install a third-party driver that allows writing to an NTFS drive. But I'm not sure if I want to get one. Any ideas on how to fix it? Thanks!

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iBoysoft author Jenny Zeng

Jenny Zeng

Answered on Monday, September 11, 2023

Your Mac mini likely doesn't have the correct NTFS driver needed for writing to the Seagate Slim external drive. Therefore, to enable write access to it, you'll need to install a reliable third-party NTFS for Mac tool on your Mac.

You can try iBoysoft NTFS for Mac. It's one of the fastest NTFS drivers on the market, with support for macOS 13 Ventura to macOS 10.13 High Sierra. You can use it to write, edit, delete, and copy files on Microsoft NTFS-formatted drives from Mac effortlessly.

It will also automount your NTFS drives without requiring you to relaunch the software after a reboot. Click the button below to download it and get the free trial. Test it out to see if it meets your needs.

If you'd rather work with a file system that's compatible with both macOS and Windows, you can also reformat the external hard drive on Mac to exFAT.

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[Multiple Ways]How to Enable NTFS Write on Mac Ventura

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